'Special Education Teacher Accused' Joo Ho-min to Establish 'Alternative School' for Children with Developmental Disabilities... "Even Driving the School Bus" [Star Issue]

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Webtoon artist Joo Ho-min announced plans to establish a school for children with developmental disabilities.

On the 10th, Joo Ho-min uploaded a video titled "I Will Walk My Own Path" on his YouTube channel 'Joo Pearl'.

Through the video, he shared, "We are building an alternative school with neighbors," adding, "It will be a school for children who fall between special schools and regular schools, in the so-called 'gray zone'."

Joo Ho-min stated, "My son successfully completed first grade in a regular elementary school without any issues. I thought he would do well in second and third grades as well, but something happened during second grade." He continued, "People then asked, 'Why wasn't he sent to a special school?' Special schools are very difficult to enter for children who have strong functional abilities, such as being able to eat alone."

He further explained, "There are children who have sufficient functional abilities to attend special schools but struggle with school life in regular or integrated classrooms. In such cases, they cannot attend either special schools or regular schools. We call this situation the 'gray zone.' In reality, there are many such ambiguous children in this gray zone."

Joo Ho-min said, "We have been holding self-help group meetings in the community for about three years to gather these ambiguous children in the gray zone. Later, realizing the need for a space where children could study, we joined forces with neighbors to establish a school ourselves."

Regarding the Supreme Court ruling on the special education teacher of his son, he stated, "We do not yet know the outcome."

Meanwhile, in September 2022, Joo Ho-min filed a criminal complaint against special education teacher A, accusing her of emotionally abusing his child with developmental disabilities. Teacher A was previously accused of emotionally abusing the victimized child with remarks such as "You're such a hateful kid, what's going on in your head?" "Your behavior is extremely unpleasant," and "I hate you to death. I hate you too, really hate you," during a class in the customized learning room at the elementary school where she worked. The investigation began after Joo Ho-min's side reported Teacher A to the police on child abuse charges, based on recordings captured on a recorder hidden in his son's coat.

In the first trial, Teacher A, charged with violating the Special Act on the Punishment of Child Abuse Crimes, was given a suspended sentence of a 2 million won fine. However, in the second trial, the court ruled that the secretly recorded files by Joo Ho-min's side could not be admitted as evidence, leading to a not-guilty verdict. The Suwon District Prosecutors' Office appealed the not-guilty verdict from the second trial. The case is currently awaiting a ruling from the Supreme Court.

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